Page 65 - Mellby Gård Yearbook 2018–2019

” Eriksberg offers environments and experiences not to be found elsewhere in the Nordic region.
FACTS
Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve is located in the Municipality of Karlshamn. It is one of Northern Europe’s largest wildlife reserves and the largest safari park in the Nordic region. The property covers 1,348 hectares, of which 409 hectares are water. There is abundant wildlife here, including red deer, fallow deer, Père David’s deer, wild
boar, European bison (Europe’s largest breeding herd) and mouflon sheep. In the summertime there are a total of about 1,600 animals. The number of visitors during the year was approximately 60,000. Operations include a restaurant, a hotel and a conference centre, events, tourism, forestry, nature conservation and hunting.
Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve has been a sister company of Mellby Gård’s since 2008.
Mellby Gård’s representatives on the Board of Directors: Sten Libell (Chairman) and Johan Andersson.
Sales 2018/2019: ....................................... SEK 38.5 million Number of employees: .................................................... 34 Chairman: ........................................................... Sten Libell
MD Per-Arne Olsson
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 2018/2019
» Further-developed hotel offering with initiatives in new accommodation options.
» Nominated for the year’s FAB hotel award and named one of the 29 best hotels in the Nordic region.
» Named Restaurant of the Year by Skåneländska Gastronomiska Akademin, a gastronomic society in the Sweden’s southernmost provinces.
» Nominated for an award recognizing the best sustainability efforts of the year in Blekinge.
» Premiere for tourism industry project ARK56.
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